The CMU Board of Trustees on Thursday, July 11, will vote on Phase I of the Saginaw campus construction.

The College of Medicine's first phase in Saginaw is a two-story, 52,100-square-foot structure on Covenant HealthCare's campus at 800 Cooper.

The $25.2 million project is funded through $10 million from CMU reserves, $5.5 million from CMU Medical Education Partners and $9.7 million in fundraising by CMU, Covenant and St. Mary’s of Michigan. Construction is scheduled to start in the fall.

Phase II construction will include space at St. Mary’s hospital.

The College of Medicine is opening in August with its first class of 64 students.

The board also will consider the proposed 2013-14 $440.7 million budget.

With a decline in fall enrollment, university officials expect a $12 million general fund deficit and a $6 million auxiliary fund deficit. Some colleges will need fewer fixed-term faculty, and some will not fill staff and tenure-track faculty vacancies, according to the university.

The regular meeting is 8:30 a.m. in the Bovee University Center President's Conference Room.

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